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A Dangerous Method
2011
· Movie
· 99 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3447
- IMDb #3649
- Rotten Tomatoes #2857
- Metacritic #1587
- Letterboxd #3504
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2167
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4031
- Metacritic Critics #925
- Metacritic Audience #3008
- Criticker #2355
- Kinopoisk #3677
- AlloCiné #3361
- Trakt #4216
Every rating
42–78
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 42, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 78. Critics average 77, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →On the eve of World War I, a brilliant but troubled young woman becomes the patient of psychiatrist Carl Jung. He begins using Sigmund Freud's new "talking cure" on her, with remarkable success. Their professional relationship evolves into a turbulent and intimate affair, creating a rift between Jung and his mentor, Freud, and challenging the boundaries of psychoanalysis, ethics, and desire.
Details
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Writer
- Christopher Hampton
- Based on
- The Talking Cure by Christopher Hampton
- Released
- 30 September 2011
- Country
- Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $27.5M
- Awards
- 14 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →5 major awards won · 14 wins from 23 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2012 | Best Direction | David Cronenberg | Winner |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2012 | Best Sound Editing | Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Alastair Gray, Michael O'Farrell, Gren-Erich Zwicker | Winner |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2012 | Best Picture Editing – Feature Film | Ron Sanders | Winner |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2012 | Best Feature Film | Winner | |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2012 | Best Production Design – Feature Film | James McAteer | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2012 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards 2012 | Actor of the Year | Michael Fassbender (Also for Shame, Jane Eyre, and X-Men: First Class ) | Nominee |
| Genie Awards 2012 | Achievement in Music – Original Score | Howard Shore | Winner |
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Directors Guild of Canada Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Best Direction | David Cronenberg | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Winner | |
| Best Picture Editing – Feature Film | Ron Sanders | Winner |
| Best Production Design – Feature Film | James McAteer | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing | Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Alastair Gray, Michael O'Farrell, Gren-Erich Zwicker | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Genie Awards
11 nominations, 5 won
| Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design | James Mcateer | Winner |
| Achievement in Music – Original Score | Howard Shore | Winner |
| Best Sound | Orest Sushko, Christian Cooke | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing | Wayne Griffin, Rob Bertola, Tony Currie, Andy Malcolm, Michael O'Farrell | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Winner |
| Best Actor | Michael Fassbender | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Denise Cronenberg | Nominee |
| Best Direction | David Cronenberg | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Ronald Sanders, C.C.E. A.C.E. | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | Martin Katz, Marco Mehlitz, Jeremy Thomas | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Jason Edwardh, Oliver Hearsey, Jim Price, Milan Schere, Wojciech Zielinski | Nominee |
London Critics' Circle Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| British Actor of the Year | Michael Fassbender (Also for Shame ) | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Michael Fassbender (Also for Shame, Jane Eyre, and X-Men: First Class ) | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Spotlight Award | Michael Fassbender (Also for Shame, Jane Eyre, and X-Men: First Class ) | Winner |
Sant Jordi Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Michael Fassbender (Also for Jane Eyre and X-Men: First Class ) | Winner |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Actor of the Year | Michael Fassbender (Also for Shame, Jane Eyre, and X-Men: First Class ) | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |